Teaching Machines to Understand – and Summarize – Privacy Legalese
Researchers are working on ways AI could digest these massive texts and extract their meaning, presenting it in terms that people can actually understand
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How to Build the Perfect Sandcastle--According to Science
A sedimentologist weighs in on beach selection, tools and the perfect sand-to-water ratio
Reverse Engineering Mysterious 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils That Confound Our Tree of Life
A new high-tech approach is helping paleontologists better understand the link between a set of ancient fossils and modern animals
Rivers Get Human Rights: They Can Sue to Protect Themselves
In New Zealand and Ecuador, rivers with legal aspects of “personhood” open up new environmental battles
Human Voices Are Unique but We're Not That Good at Recognizing Them
People are good at picking out voices of familiar people’s speech but ear-witness testimonies of strangers’ voices are notoriously unreliable and inaccurate
Why Fathers Downplay Feelings
They don’t use hugs, but helping with tasks or activities is a man’s way of showing affection and should not be belittled
How Close Are We to a Real Star Trek–Style Medical Tricorder?
Vital signs information and images aren’t enough for a fully automated device that can tell you what’s actually wrong with a patient
The Maths of Life and Death: Our Secret Weapon in the Fight against Disease
Mathematics is increasingly integral to biology as more detailed experiments in recent years have led to a huge influx in biological data
What Went Wrong with the F-35, Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter?
The F-35 was billed as a fighter jet that could do almost everything the U.S. military desired but has turned out to be one of the greatest boondoggles in recent military purchasing history
Designing Antiviral Proteins Via Computer Could Help Halt the Next Pandemic
If we want to be prepared for the worst, Bill Gates says, we have to build an arsenal of vaccines, drugs and diagnostics. Some scientists are now using computers to do just that
